From: Mace Neville 
Sent: Monday, 4 June 2007 3:31 PM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: Proposal to alter Australian Domain Names.

Hello Jo,

 

I have just read this article posted on the Overclockers Australia News Page.

http://www.overclockers.com.au/news.php?id=580094

 

It brings attention to:

http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/2007npp-issues-paper.pdf

 

Including these three proposals:

1.      to re-shape the .au domain into a horizontal structure by permitting registrations 
of any second level .au domain, such as domainname.au; 

2.      to change the current rules for .au domains, and 

3.      possibly allowing the private re-sale of .au domains.

 

I feel that the points raised:

“If approved, these proposed changes could impose massive transition costs onto the rest of 
the Australian economy whilst enriching domain name registries and re-sellers. 

Eg: imagine having spent millions of dollars promoting your business’ current website (eg 
foo.com.au) only to see someone else register foo.au and then offer to sell it back to you 
for a “small” markup.

Removing the current requirement to register third level domain names within second-level 
.au domains (such as .com.au, .org.au, .net.au, .gov.au, .id.au) and only having .au domains 
would also risk preventing the gradual creation of new second-level domains to meet new 
society-wide needs (eg .xxx.au or .bank.au) as those needs are identified in the future. It 
would simply be too late if that .au domain has already been privately registered.”

 

Are extremely valid, and the proposed Issues Paper could lead to many negative and costly 
impacts for many businesses.

 

Thankyou,

 

Mace Neville
Remote Desktop Technical Team Leader
Volante, Fairbairn.